Ninette de Valois Quotes

Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing.

Ninette de Valois

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: June 6, 1898 - March 8, 2001

Topics

LosingAttentionYouLoseNewNever

We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.

Jim DeMint

DoorAmericaKindClassPermanent

I'm in the lucky position that I can help a huge amount of people. It's a great privilege and freedom to have.

John Caudwell

FreedomGreatPeopleHelpI Can

I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and to always go with the flow.

Robert Glasper

MusicAppreciationMindGoHip-Hop

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

John W. Gardner

ExcellenceGreatnessPeopleSomeFew

The simple model of a bridge is great, and you could not build a bridge without understanding it well. But if you're actually building the bridge, you need to know the site. A lot of economics is like that: When prices go up, demand is gonna go down. You can't forget that and run your economy. But it's not the only thing you need to know.

Alvin E. Roth

GreatSimpleBridgeEconomicsYou

I don't generally talk about medical terms when I discuss my position as a disabled person. I take a social rather than medical approach to disability, and so long Latin names for congenital conditions are not relevant.

Stella Young

MedicalLongPersonDisabilityTalk

We all get as miserable as Erika M. Andersen sometimes, but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio.

Rob Sheffield

SometimesMiserableHerGetApproach

I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet.

Rita Rudner

GrowPlanMeetOldEarsUntil

Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard.

Janos Bolyai

ManWoodsSeasonLikeMathematical

Time off from the news is always something I welcome.

Josh Radnor

TimeWelcomeNewsAlwaysSomething

The garden is something I always try to get into, but it always beats me.

Dominic Holland

MeGardenTryAlwaysSomethingGet

If you saw a better idea or business anywhere in the world, and you could reapply it legally and ethically and with attribution, you were supposed to do that. And I used that learning in building Cold Stone.

Doug Ducey

LearningBusinessWorldBuildingYou

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